Civil rights movement timeline powerpoint

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1 Civil Rights Movement Timeline
Name:____________________________________________________________________ Period: __________________ Date:_________________________Ms Phillips: US IICivil Rights Movement TimelineDIRECTIONS: Using the book and the list of events on the back of this page, identify the 6 most important events of the Black Civil Rights Movement.

Place them on the timeline and explain why they were important/made the cut for the timeline.DateEventSignificanceDateEventSignificanceDateEventSignificanceDateEventSignificanceDateEventSignificanceDateEventSignificance

2 1896: The Supreme Court ruled “separate but equal” laws are legal in the Plessy v Ferguson decision.
May 17, 1954: Brown v.

Board of Education Topeka case where the Supreme Court bans segregation in all public schools in the United States.December 1, 1955: In Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks